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BNC: 14627 COCA: 16127

moot

adjective
/muːt/
/muːt/
(North American English)Idioms
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  1. unlikely to happen and therefore not worth considering(因不大可能发生而)无考虑意义的
    • He argued that the issue had become moot since the board had changed its policy.他争辩说这项议题已变得毫无实际意义,因为董事会已经改变了政策。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryMoot is used with these nouns:
    • court
    • point
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    Word OriginOld English mōt ‘assembly ’or‘ meeting’ and mōtian ‘to converse’, of Germanic origin; related to meet. The adjective (originally an attributive noun use: see moot court) dates from the mid 16th cent.; the current verb sense dates from the mid 17th cent.
Idioms
a moot point/question
  1. (British English, North American English) a matter about which there may be difference of opinion or a lack of understanding悬而未决的事;有争议的问题
    • Whether this should be enforced by law or not is a moot point.这是否应该由法律强制执行还没有定论。
    Topics Opinion and argumentc2

moot

verb
/muːt/
/muːt/
[usually passive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they moot
/muːt/
/muːt/
he / she / it moots
/muːts/
/muːts/
past simple mooted
/ˈmuːtɪd/
/ˈmuːtɪd/
past participle mooted
/ˈmuːtɪd/
/ˈmuːtɪd/
-ing form mooting
/ˈmuːtɪŋ/
/ˈmuːtɪŋ/
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  1. to suggest an idea for people to discuss提出…供讨论 synonym propose, put forward
    • be mooted The plan was first mooted at last week’s meeting.这个计划是在上周的会议上首次提出的。
    • It had been mooted that there should be a study period after school.有人提出放学后应该有自习时间。
    Topics Suggestions and advicec2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryMoot is used with these nouns as the object:
    • idea
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    Word OriginOld English mōt ‘assembly ’or‘ meeting’ and mōtian ‘to converse’, of Germanic origin; related to meet. The adjective (originally an attributive noun use: see moot court) dates from the mid 16th cent.; the current verb sense dates from the mid 17th cent.
BNC: 14627 COCA: 16127
BNC: 14627 COCA: 16127
moot verb
propose
BNC: 14627 COCA: 16127
moot
Causing problems and disagreement: difficult, bad, embarrassing...
Not relevant or appropriate: irrelevant, inappropriate, unimportant...
To make a suggestion: suggest, put forward, propose...
Miscellaneous legal terms: abatable, accession, accrual...

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